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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-25
FORGED DRAFTS
On O Wheeling Bank Presented In Column
buy-Tho Swindler Caught,


COLUMBUS, O., July 23.-What will
doubtless prove to be an important arrest
was made by the police about nine
o'clock tonight in the person Of sleek.
looking individual giving the namo Of
George B. Henry, and bis residence as
Rock Island, III. Early this morning DO
went to the 'warerooma Of tho Columbus
Buggy Company, and alter examining
various buggies decided to purchase one,
the price Of which was sl35, rendering in
payment draft Of $500 on the Exchange
Bank Of Wheeling, VIVA, payable to the
order Of L. L. Brown. The salesman GUS.
pected all was not right, and told Henry
TO come back this afternoon. The firm
Immediately telegrsphed the Wheeling
bank about the draft, and before noon re-.
ceivsd a reply declaring the draft for.
gerry. Tho police were Immediately mott.
tilted and started in pursuit Of Henry. : He
Was arrested at the depot at nine o'clock
while waiting for train for Chicago, as a
railroad ticket found on his person indi.
Gated. He also bought an organ and four
printing presses in tho game way. !. =; I:
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NEBRASKA CRY, NRb, July 24.-About
$3.50 O'Clock this morning a mob Of masked
and we'll armed men broke into the Jail
wherein L. D. shellegberger was confined
for the murder OF dis little daughter, aged
II, whose body. was found terribly gashed
in the cellar on April Goth. The guarda
being forcibly taken BY surprise, were
easily overpowered. The man was taken
out and hanged, protesting innocence. 81,
The mob WAS composed chiefly Of Ger
man farmers from the vicinity Of the muir
der. There have been several former at
tempts made to lynch Shellenberger, bu
unsuccesalul. He 10 credited with sey
,era other murders. I. 81
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GREAT TELEGRAPH SCHEME.
Tho Men who Work tho Key OGer to Bu,
y r..-g tho Is. & q. Limo

Tho Men who Work tho Key Ofler to Bu,
tho Is. s. o. Limo.
New YoBH, July ga new. bidder 10,
the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph system
has been brought to the surface here-the
Brotherhood Of Telegraphers OF the
United States. 1t is asserted that repre-,
sentstives OF this organization have offered
S., 600 900 for the plant. The Brother.
hoods offer is to pay $500, 900 cash on the
acceptance OF their proposition and to
pay the remaining $4,000 at the end OF
|Ri1 months. This large cum it is proposed
to raise by levying on each member Of the
Brotherhood monthly assessment aufli.
Gent to reach the aggregate when wanted,
There are twcnty.one thousand members
and the leaders among them say they en-.
tertain no doubt OF their ability to raise
the Gum thus required. The assessment
paid by each member OF the Brotherhood
would make him stakeholder in the
company and a sharer in its profits, and II
Ia upon the zeal begotten Of this interest
and in economy Of working that they
count upon. being able to run the property
at profit.
The negotiations for the purchase Of the
Baltimore & Ohio have been conducted
with the greatest secrecy. Rumor has II
that the Knights OF Labor are lending a
helping hand in the transaction. A co.
operative telegraph company has long
been under confederation by such men as
John Campbell, the leader of the tele.
graphers' strike of 1854; ]. B. Taltavall,
editor Of the Electric Age; Shaw, of St.
Louis; Morris, OF Chicago; Buckley,
Quick and Tom O'Reilly, Of this city, and
many other prominent members OF the
profession. 1t is learned that the commit.
tee having charge Of the details OF the
proposed purchase consists OF Tom
O'Reilly, Edward Quick, John R. Tslta.
vail and Edward Buckley. Another idea
in connection with it 10 to make member.
ship in the Brotherhood 30 desirable as to
bring in the remaining 2l,OOO members Of
the craft. m
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HILLsEoRo, July 24.-The publication OF
the facts in the Gist estate case has created
g sensation among the colored people here,
many Of his former olayea and their de.
scondents being residents Of this place
and vicinity. The most prominent among
them is Sol Hudson, niuesy-one years old,
but still quite active and vigorous, and
always ready to talk about "my old mars.
ter" He says that Samuel Glst lived in
Amherst county, Virginia, twelve miles
from Lynchburg. He had two hundred
and 6ity.four slaves, all Of whom came tc
Ohio when freed, q part Of them going tc
ssndusky City, the others settling in
Southern Ohio, principally in Brown AMI
Highland counties. q 4
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Tho Coming Camp IN Gazing.

The Moundsville campmeeting Of the
Wheeling District Campmeeting Associa.
ton, which opens this year on Wednes.
day, August Some week from next Wed.
nesday-bids lair to be an unusually at
tractlve meeting. 1t will continue ten
days: Rev. Sam Small will be present
besides other distinguished pulpit orators
MIR. E. 0. Excel, Sam Jones' vocalist, will
conduct the music, which will be attrac.
tive beyond the ordinary. The facilities
Tor reaching the grounds were never so
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hpr.acher's Troubles.

MANASSAS, VA, July 24.-The citizens
oi Manassas held mass meeting yeater-
day and adopted resolutions denouncing
the Rev. +. IL. Todd, who was recently
tried by the Washington Presbytery on
charges OF immortality, and against whom
a verdict OF not proven was rendered. A
nuuaber Of aflidnvits giving instaneeg Of
alleged immortality on the part OF Mr..
Todd we're read before the meeting, &C.
,companied by the statement that they had
been acnt to the PIesbytery and sup.
pressed by thst body. ig 4ii9
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CHICAGO BOODLERS.
ONE OF THEN ESCAPES,
A stupid or Corrupted shorir nlakosit Easy,
Tho Inside of the Combine Ms Told by
81 Quo OF the Thisves..The Cost Of 1t
to tho Tax.Payers OF Chicago.


CHICAGO, July 24.-W. ]. McGArigle
the convicted boodler, has escaped. A
,Iov ,od.v ovs,v ava,lah,o noliran,n -,
uAs 'o'uay ''o.y "'"uAo'' po'iseuian ah'
detective In chicago were trying to hnt
him. Last evening Sheriff MGtson drov,
mn In tho comfy isil and In few minute
ra,rrnod r,,b McG.,i,,. Tbo da,,Ins :
,''utn'u WV 'i.s'o' i =, u''''.a
ton was Mcdarigle's mouse. Upon arriv
ing there Sheriff Mstson and his charge
dismonnted and entered tho house. Mo
Co.. ,..aa,al ~, -. al .h,,,,.o, ,.a..
oa''sle siee'eo i'ie wig anu oI,Aiu'en 'e',
atiectionately, and oil entered she IRON
room. In a Tow moments MCGarigle went
nm stairs to see tho baby. Sheriff Mataou
,au,.,n;n. aomn ,to,,, IL ~, Tow, 49,,
l ,n,s upmn s'a'is ~ 'nv l'n, iuo"
Although McdarigIe was out oil sight nc
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LATE BASE BALL NEWS.

Umpire Mitchell koastsd Mt brooklyn.
New York Can't Have Morris.
A Sunday game Of ball was played at
Brooklyn yesterday. by Van Der Calls
champs, and the Long Island Indians,
that was won by the st. Louis Apachea
by a score Of s to 8. Hits-Brooklyn, s;
st. Louis, !. Errors-3 each. Pitchers-
Terry and Carruthers,
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Labor Under Contract,

New York, July 23.-Mattheg Cum.
mings, who came to America to 20 10
work on the farm Of W. A. Sldderth, at
Fiemingsburg, KY, and was detained by
Collector Maggon, under the imported
labor act, was to-day in habess corpus
proceedings remended to the caro- OF tho
Customs officers until August 4.
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Tue tClcgraphers who desire to buy the
BIZ o. telegraph line contemplate a big
Hchemo Of cooperative management.
Perhaps they could mako It successful,
bat II the present owners have not done
that, there 10 little encouragement for any
one outside the Western Union 10 take
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3 MORE OF THE SAME SOFT.

= - 4
In to.days testimony young William
Glow, Of Glow & Son, created good deal
Of interest, especially when he related how
Ed Mcdonald came to his fathers store IS
the agent o. the county board, and told
him he could not furnish tho county any
goods unless he would Pay the boodlers IN
the board a commission, The elder OloW
said he would not pay commission.
"Then you cannot get any business from
the county" was McDonald's reply, e
"Well," returned the elder Glow, ."'you
can 20 to HI with your business,
II ! came to the court house and went TO
the room Of the County Commissioners and
went into the back room, which has got q
long table In 1t, and Commissioner Klehm
] was sitting at one side Of the table, and
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Gro ps hi urcd by Heat and prouth,

WAsulsaroS, D. G., July 24,-The
weather crop bulletin Of the Signal Office
issued to-day reports Tor the week an :t ex.
cess Of heat in the Ohio Valley, and in
the Ohio aud Mississippi valleys a def.
cient rainfall varying from one.third to
three. lourths the usual amount The
rainfall deficiency is widespread through.
out the Southern and Western States,
Crops are affected unfayorably. q. s5ll.::i';s.
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add to this the So day which the yant

Add to this tbs 50 day which the gang
members are in the habit OF voting them.
aelves, or about 500 qusrter-about ST.
600 year-aud the income Of gang
member during Mr.. Lynn's time was at
least s., 900 year. 1t was undoubtedly
much larger than that, as the money came
so easy that Mr.. Lynn evidently does not
clerly remember Just how much he WAS
paid ct any one time. Then, too, he does
not aeem to have shared in any OF the big
steals, Ike the paint contract, the Brain
srd contract, or Mr.. Gundsrson's janitor
job, in which "the something that was in
them" must have been particularly large.
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New YoRk, July 24.-Among the pas.
aengers on the steamer Etruria, which
sailed this morning ior Liverpool, we're
Robert Garrett and Chauncey NJ. Depew
and Ex-Governor Alger, Of Michigan. Mr.,
Depew said he had an invitation to visit
Andrew Carnegie in Scotland, which he
intended to accept, and he thought 1t
likely he would see Mr.. Blaine.
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A dispatch received from Pittsburgh at
late hour last night states that the man.
agement Of that city's club decided yeoter.
day not to part with Ell. Morris, their
lett-handed pitcher, no reported in tho
regular base ball column on the second
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PlTTsBuRaH, Pa. July 24.-Telegrams
received tonight announcing the death Of
Al. Mckinnon, the first basoman OF the
Pittsburgh Base Ball Club, at his home in
Cambridge, Mass, where he has been in
with typhoid fever for about two weeks. !
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NO nEpArEs TO BIG SHIPPERS.
a Sound Decision by tho Interstate Con,
merce Commissioners. @

merce ,Ooulinissionerh' E=F
WAsuIsaroN, D. O., July 2S.-The
Chairman Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission has announced the decision
of the Commission in the case OF the
Providence Coal Company against the
Providence and Worcester Railroad. The
complaint covers three main points. The
Commission decides that the allowance OF
a rebate to parties who ship more than
$4,000 tons year is unwarranted and in
valid. The Commission also decides that
the charge Of higher rate upon ship
mene from Providence than upon those
from East Providence, is also unwarrnnted
and invalid. The third point relating to q
charge OF eight cents for street hauling ia
decided to be q matter with which the
Commission cannot deal. 3. -fi.
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polsnnsl hx1.,....C----.

{, {. NEW NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 24.-Two
Young }. ., children Of Prof. Honey, Of Yale
college, died to-day under circumstances
winch make 1t probable that they were
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LAKE PLEASANT, MASS, July 24.-This
hes been the most severe rain ever known
in this vicinity. The water in Lake, Pleas.
ant is two feet higher than ever bsfors.
There was rise in the Connecticut river
oil ten feet in one hour. No rains have
passed here since morning. A washout
Is reported on the Fitchburg road, near
Erving, 100 feet long and 20 feat deep,
All carriage roadg in this vicinity are bad.
ly damaged and many bridges carried
away.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-25
Cholera IN Italy,

LONDON, July 24.-Forty.nine new caaeu
Of cholera and twenty-five deaths we're re.
ported in Catania Saturday. A few deaths
we're reported in other towns,
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Bosroy, July 24-Rsports continue TO
be received Of great iioodo throughout
New England, occasioned by incessant
reins during forty.eight hours. Nearly
eight inches Of rain has fallen and streams
everywhere are out OF the banks. I'm.
menae damage has been sustained. INK
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Dispatches from Eastern Pennsylvania
report unusually heavy rains and railroad
washouta on the Upper Delaware and Le.
high rivers. Trains are delayed and in
some cases travel suspended. Mrs. Fox
and Mrs. Beers lost their lives at Maud
Chunk, Pa. a NJ 8. Ri
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IIEAvYLOss

by Flood In New Enginnd-Rtsiug Waters
Burst tho Dnms.
srRIsdFiELD, Mass, July 2i.-A special
from Great harrington reports one life
lost by a great flood. 1t is reported the
two dana gave way in williamsburg this
evening. Particular have not been re-
ceived.
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Destructive Hall Storm In swi,zerlnnd,

+ ''"'' A'''-. ~ AA'' . tof III IN owitzerlnnd.
LONDON, July 2i.-A heavy hail storm
has swept over, Switzerland doing great
damage to crops in Lucerne.
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Morley Mauls the Goyernn,cnt

LONDON, July 2S,-The Right Hon. John
Morley, in opening tho Liberal Club at
Hackney tonight, said the Government
had waited half a year in passing a measure
that was intended to suppress the Nation.
al League, but directly they obtained IL
Lord Salisbury changed bis attitude and
eald he would adopt the Leagues policy
regarding rents in ireland.
In February the Government promised
a land.purchase bill which would Settle
the land question In Ireland. Il wss
stated that the bill was nearly prensred.
Il would have been better 10 have intro.
duced 1t in stead Of wasting time on the
Coercion bill and then be compelled 10
doal with temporary revision OF rants
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second Attempt ut Suicide.

Special Dispatch 10 Inc InseLl!Gacer.
PARKgRsBuna, W. Va, July 14.-Mrs
Perry Farrow attempted suicide tonight
by taking laudanum. DR.. Scott admins
tered proper sntitotes aud sho will re
cover. This is her second attempt t.
leave the world by the laudanum route
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According to ex.Commiasioner Lynn'e
most surprising atory, it paid fairly well
to be 3 County Commissioner, although
the statute fixes the aalsry q. s. per day
AS near as he can remember, he got the
following sums, and each Of the other ring
members presumably got similar sums in
the way OF bribes from various contrac.
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Gha Q,steuiigs:luejf
orlcm Ms. 10 aud " rour,eontss.reo..

PLRsOSS karfaV he ely for he .aIos, and sun.
mr. lrumtu, Gun haze The DAILY IsrnuoEscEn
mailed 10 tsW, poG1did, for % otnts per month, The
ahlrU btinO chGnoet ~ often O. desired, t.
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AN OPEN SWITCH
On tho u. 3 o. Mt Pittsburgh Throws
Train Down au Embankme ont.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 24.-An accom-.
mediation train on tt B. & o. Railroad ran
into an open switch just alter leAv.
Ing the station this afternoon, and was
precipitated over an ombankmsnt twelve
feet high. The engine, combination bag.
gage and smoking.car and one pas.
Bengeer coach were almost completely
wrecked and oight persons, including the
engineer and fireman injured, The train
was proceeding at the rate Of about six
mileB an hour and had reached the Tenth
street bridge when the engineer noticed
that his engine had suddenly left the
main tracks. He put on the air brakes as
quickly as possible, but before the train
could be stopped 1t went over tho hill.
sice. :. "a. q p q b. E. n.
The baggage car and passenger coach
rolled down and fell on their sides and the
engine turned over. Engineer J. ]. Moore
and fireman Frank Hughes were thrown
from the cab aud badly hurt. The former
was terribly scalded and will probably die.
Hughes had one arm broken and was
badly bruised. All OF the passengers
escaped I'M hurt but ak, who jumped from
tho train when 1t frat left the track.
The only one seriously injured was |
young girl named Katie Gilhooley, who
was rendered unconscious and 1t is feared |
has concussion Of the brain. The others |
sustained slight cuts and bruises. 1t is |
not known how the switch happened to be
open, but 1t Is believed to have been the !
work Of some malicious person, and the |
railroad company will institute q vigorous
investigation. Pr
Engineer Moore, who was taken to the |
West Penn Hospital, died at midnight. |
Another Of the passengers, Maggie Gil |
hooley: q sister Of Katie, was more SER
iously injured than was at first supposed.
One leg is broken and 1t Is thought she is
injured internally. The two sisters were
taken to the West Penn Hospital, i
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DUBLIN, July 24.-At meeting Of the
campaign tenants on tho Vandelur estate
in West Glare, to-day, it was decided TO
accept tho offer OF reduction OF 80 per
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THE CoysISE.

Then Lynn created q great sensation by
detailing the conspiracy meeting in the
janitor'e room in the Court House held in
December, 1885, shortly after Klehm wss
elected chairman. At that meeting War.
den hcGariele was made official collector
Of the Doodle pool, and Warden Varnell
received honorable mention for the same
position. Shortly after this meeting Lynn
said Commissioner Lsyden paid him
1900 percentage. which was for Bipper's
meat contract, kse < Chappsll's milk
contract, and Heissler 4 Junge'S bread
contract, After this all percentages came
through the hands Of McGarigle, who
paid him in all about 5000 during that
year. The squealer testified, also, to re-
ceiving Doodle on the artesisn well con-
tract; tho Lobstein & Deal vault-repair.
contract; 500 or $500 on the Sexton judg.
msnt settlement, which was psid by Dan
Wren; 500 or $500 on the Court house
painting contract; also percentages from
E. A. Robinson, who furnished the county.
with groceries; Sharp 4 Smith, who fur
nished surgical appliances; 500 or $500
on the Abbott coal contracti GONE on the
gravel road contract, and on the Eelson
claim Of S24,O 900 for painting done on the
Court house, which was settled Tor Sl5,-
nn t.
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IRELAND5lN FOR 1T.
MORE SUFFERING ron TENANTS.
The Whole Island Except Antrim to be Fro.
claimed Under tho New Lnw-siisltor., <
for the Evieted-nr. Morley Drubs
tho Tory Government soun,lly. Z,

DUBLIN, July 2S.-The Marquis Of Lon.
denderry, the Lord Lieutenant, presided
to-day at a meeting Of the Priyy Council.
1t was decided to proclaim under tho
crimes act all counties except Antrim.
A special issue OF the Dublin Gazette
announces that the following countiea
have been fully proclaimed: Kings,
Leitrim, Galway, Mayo, Rosconimon,
Glare and Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Kilken.
ny, Queens, Tipperary, Waterford, Wes.
lord, Donegal and Monaghan. M,
counties partially proclaimed arc Armagh.
Carlow, Down, Cavana, Dublin, VildaTp'
Londonderry, South Meath, Tyrone, Yves,
Meath and Wicklow. The foIlowin"
towns have also been proclaimed: Dublin
Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Londonderry
klilkenney, Drogheda, Belfast, Oarrick'
Fergus and Galway. Tl ,'j'' =
Prior to this meeting conferences OF
resident Magistrates was held, and 1t wsp
decided to enforce tho new law with firm.
ness.
Mr.. William o'Brien, editor OF the
United Ireland, will go to Luggacurran to.
morrow to inaugurate a scheme for the
erection Of huts for the use OF the eyicted
tenants. -gI7t w
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Struck cut-By Hsndlboe, 8; by Blair,
j. Base hits-Columbus, II; Mansfield,
2. Errors-Columbus, 1 /; Mansfield. s.
Earned runs-Columbus 4, Two base
hits-Schwartz. Three base hi,a-Hip.
gins. Umpire-Curtin. -
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COLUMBUS, O., July 24.-Johnnie Handi-
Doe to-day pitched the greatest game ever
pitched in the Ohio League and with his
own batting, probably excslled any
pitchers record in the history Of the
game. But twenty-nino men faced him
and only one clean hit was made on him.